Senior Counsel, Core Product

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Senior Counsel providing legal support for Pinterest's core product while driving strategy on legal issues. Collaborate with teams in a rapidly evolving legal landscape involving generative AI, privacy, and IP.

Posted 6/3/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $158,765 - $326,870 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Open Source

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Partner with our strategy, engineering, product management, communications and legal teams to identify and manage legal issues and risks during all stages of product development, and become embedded with those teams to provide pragmatic and strategic advice as the product areas evolve.
Advise teams on key emerging areas for our core product, with a particular focus on generative AI, content acquisition, IP/copyright, open source, and privacy issues.
Develop and drive implementation of practical measures to mitigate risk, increase speed and efficiency, and advance the long-term goals of Pinterest.
Implement scalable legal processes, automation, and AI-enabled solutions that improve efficiency, reduce cycle times, and help deliver high-quality guidance to product and engineering teams with greater speed and consistency.

Requirements

What you’ll need

JD with 8+ years relevant work experience in a demanding and innovative legal environment; at least 2 years in-house at a tech company preferred.
Experience counseling on issues related to artificial intelligence, IP/copyright, safety, and privacy.
Exceptional judgment and impeccable integrity with excellent communication skills.
Process-driven and results-oriented with proven ability to identify, prioritize and resolve issues quickly and independently.
Strategic thinking, with a track record of delivering creative and pragmatic solutions to novel issues.
Strong project management skills, with ability to build sustainable programs and processes for scale and drive strategic, cross-functional initiatives to completion.
An AI-forward mindset, with experience using AI as a tool to accelerate analysis, simplify complex problems, and uncover more effective ways to support fast-moving product development.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.

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Hard Skills & Tools

legal issues managementrisk mitigationprocess implementationautomationAI-enabled solutionscounseling on artificial intelligenceIP/copyright lawprivacy lawproject managementstrategic thinking

Soft Skills

exceptional judgmentimpeccable integrityexcellent communicationprocess-drivenresults-orientedproblem-solvingcreative solutionsindependent issue resolutioncross-functional collaborationsustainable program development

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